The Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri told State House correspondents that the warning was given Friday during a meeting Acting President Yemi Osinbajo held with the president of the Poultry Farmers' Association of Nigeria Mr Ayoola Oduntan.
The minister noted that many Nigerians had got kidney diseases from frozen chicken consumption, saying "Most times, they use what they use to preserve dead bodies (to preserve frozen chicken) and it causes harm to the kidney."
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ahmed Ali.
Lokpobiri said the meeting specifically charged the Nigeria Customs Service to improve its surveillance in order to stop importation of frozen chicken.
He said those hoarding maize were doing so at the own peril, as the government "will not buy. What we've is a programme that'll deliberately grow more maize which will satisfy local and international markets."
The minister disclosed that Nigeria had demands from Algeria and other nations to grow over two million metric tones of maize.
Lokpobiri said though the government had partly compensated poultry farmers whose farms were destroyed because of avian flu, Osinbajo had directed the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance to sort out the outstanding of N1.7 billion.
Daily Trust
The minister noted that many Nigerians had got kidney diseases from frozen chicken consumption, saying "Most times, they use what they use to preserve dead bodies (to preserve frozen chicken) and it causes harm to the kidney."
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Ahmed Ali.
Lokpobiri said the meeting specifically charged the Nigeria Customs Service to improve its surveillance in order to stop importation of frozen chicken.
He said those hoarding maize were doing so at the own peril, as the government "will not buy. What we've is a programme that'll deliberately grow more maize which will satisfy local and international markets."
The minister disclosed that Nigeria had demands from Algeria and other nations to grow over two million metric tones of maize.
Lokpobiri said though the government had partly compensated poultry farmers whose farms were destroyed because of avian flu, Osinbajo had directed the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance to sort out the outstanding of N1.7 billion.
Daily Trust
*OMG,are you kidding me?This is the same thing they were caught doing to Pomo and since i heard that News I stopped eating pomo.....
Some people are so wicked..why????
Haaa...wahala wa o
ReplyDeleteI still eat ponmo but flat ones *smiles*
Thjs message is half-truths. So Obadanjo, Atiku and zartech farms chicken nko?
DeleteAnd how About imported frozen fish which is practically the only type.of iced fish in the market?
Instead.of saying you're trying to scare people into not buying imported frozen anymore...mschetwww, as if the chicken sef cheap to buy like before
Better option is to patronize the local farmers - which is what the government wants anyways- Obasanjo farms, Maizube ( Former president Abubakar farms) , Atiku farms, Zartech etc...
DeleteTheir frozen good taste better though...much better
Yep, but live chickens are far more expensive. This all boils down to Foodstuff prices.
ReplyDeleteEven the normal chicken is 1200
Orobo frozen chicken is 1300
Live chickens are from 2000 upwards.
Live Turkey?? Haaaa.
So, prices of foodstuff need an emergency review ✌
My sentiments exactly, do they think people just like to buy frozen chicken, the price of live chicken is way expensive, they should do something about it first.
DeleteThese people should learn to tackle problems from the roots.
Keep eating frozen chicken all in the name of cheap... Mumus
DeleteJune the smart gal. U cant make ur point without insults. Grow up. Stella post oooooooooooo.
DeleteJune abi july or whatever, im sure i didnt
Deletemention your name or any other month of the year, so just 'respekt yaself' , if they beat you at home, go and find another outlet not here..
Kwakwakwa@june. Must you pple eat chicken that will kill you.u pple just want to complain
DeleteDe only frozen stuff i eat is icefish. But this is wicked. Playing with lives
ReplyDeleteHiannnn!!! Toor na to go market,buy & kill o. Nawa o bt why are nigerians like dis nau? Chemicals used to preserve dead bodies used on food???! Haba!
ReplyDeleteIt's only God that will save us in this country
ReplyDeleteThe frozen chicken doesn't even taste good me
DeleteJehovah Nissi
ReplyDeleteThe lord is our Shepard
ReplyDeleteThey use formaldehyde to preserve the chicken from source (that's the country it is coming from), unfortunately same chemical is used to preserve corpse. Eating chicken is not a must, though where I stay, it is far cheaper to eat life chicken (kaduna) than frozen chicken so I have no business with frozen chicken or fish sef.
ReplyDeleteYour own better
DeleteOh my God!
ReplyDeleteThank God i stopped buying frozen chicken/turkey....very tasteless.
I prefare to just sleep and not wake up than to die of kidney or those wicked diseases.
As in eh,Frozen chicken gives the food one kind of funny taste that can make one puke if care is not taken.Thank God I dont eat frozen chicken again
DeleteWhat are food safety and hygiene agencies doing in Nigeria??? Frozen food are meant to be safe!!!! Xxbarbiexx
ReplyDeleteI watched a video many months ago where it was shown that these chickens were injected to enable them become bigger. The minister is not saying anything new.... So sad though
ReplyDeleteThe love of Money.. Only God can save us because almost evertthing edible has preservatives in them. from the beans we eat, rice, snacks and the list goes on and on
ReplyDeleteNawaoo
ReplyDeleteI dont know if its any better but I now buy frozen food from Chi.
ReplyDeleteBeen doing that for a while too. They have farms where the breed poultry & fisheries,though more expensive but lots safer.
DeleteI never liked frozen be it children or turkey
ReplyDeleteLord have mercy
ReplyDeleteJust Negodu this people,am done with frozen chicken
ReplyDeletePeople that still eat frozen chicken do that at their own risk. This is an old known fact,whether live ones are expensive or too small,it is more healthier and nutritious.
ReplyDeleteI don't prepare frozen chicken or turkey in my house since I saw one video showing how they use chemical on it.
ReplyDeleteMoreover,its tasteless.
If chicken hungry me ,I can get live one for as cheap as 1,300 here in Benin
Where in Benin abeg,will be going to Benin by April, lemme know where to get live chicken.Koyor otemwen
DeleteChineke mee! This people won't kill us.
ReplyDeleteWhat of people that are irritated by the smell of live chicken?
Formalin/ formaldehyde is the preservative chemical
ReplyDeleteAnyways I don't eat frozen chicken.